João Pedro Fernandes Queiroz

João Pedro Fernandes Queiroz

Doctoral researcher

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

Presentation

The Evolutionary Biochemist is my project to share and discuss research about the field of evolutionary biochemistry. I will also share and discuss my own research and produce content about data analysis using R and Python. I hope you enjoy the content and help me to improve it.

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Interests
  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular biology
  • Biophysics
  • Microbiology
  • Genomics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational biology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Data science
  • R/Python programming language
Education

  • International Max Planck Research School Principles of Microbial Life, 2022-present

    Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

  • MSc in Biotechnology of Natural Resources, 2019-2021

    Universidade Federal do Ceará

  • BSc in Biotechnology, 2014-2018

    Universidade Federal do Ceará

Skills

R

experienced user and aspiring developer

Python

beginner user and developer

Statistics

frequentist, but sometimes Bayesian

Data visualization

base R and ggplot2

Genomics

gene annotation and expression analysis

Molecular phylogenetics

phylogeny and ancestral sequence reconstruction

Protein biochemistry

(anaerobic) protein purification, crystallization, enzymatic assays

Structural bioinformatics

Bio3D, GROMACS, Pymol, VMD

Microbiology

bacteria and methanogenic archaea cultivation

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Scientific Initiation Scholarship - CNPq (20H)
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 Fortaleza

Responsibilities include:

  • Research
 
 
 
 
 
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Scientific Initiation Scholarship - CNPq (20H)
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 Fortaleza

Responsibilities include:

  • Research
 
 
 
 
 
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Scientific Initiation Scholarship - CAPES (20H)
Laboratório de Biocristalografia
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Fortaleza

Responsibilities include:

  • Research

Posts

My personal blog section

My personal blog section
Welcome to The Evolutionary Biochemist. Here, I will post tutorials related to bioinformatics and data analyses using R and Python, research commentaries, papers and books reviews, and other things.
Dec 30, 2022 1 min read R, research, tutorials

Tools

Functions I’ve developed for research and data analysis

saltify: calculator for ammonium sulfate precipitation
We can fractionate an aqueous extract of a biological sample by salting-out and (NH4)2SO4 has just the necessary solubility. Below, I describe a simple function for calculating the amount of ammonium sulfate to add into a certain volume of extract in order to obtain a desired percentage of saturation.
May 29, 2025 R, evobioqR, wet lab

Projects

My past and present research projects

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All Globins Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-hydrogenase cofactor
Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-hydrogenase cofactor
In the Shima group, we are interested in the enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of the FeGP cofactor. My project is focused in the catalytic mechanisms of the two radical-SAM enzymes involved in the first and last steps of the biosynthetic pathway.
Structure, function, and evolution of globins in the amphibians
We aim to investigate the globin gene family of amphibians and their protein products using comparative genomics, structural bioinformatics, computational molecular evolution and experimental biochemistry approaches.
Structure, function, and evolution of globins in the amphibians

Publications

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Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Yu-Cong Zheng, Manuel Gehl, Shunsuke Nomura, João Pedro Fernandes Queiroz, Seigo Shima (2023). [Fe]-Hydrogenase, Cofactor Biosynthesis and Engineering. In ChemBioChem.

Cite DOI

João Pedro Fernandes Queiroz, Marcos Roberto Lourenzoni, Bruno Anderson Matias da Rocha (2022). Structural evolution of an amphibian-specific globin: a computational evolutionary biochemistry approach. In CBPD.

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João Pedro Fernandes Queiroz, Nicholas Costa Barroso Lima, Bruno Anderson Matias da Rocha (2021). The rise and fall of globins in the amphibia. In CBPD.

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Minicourses and workshops

My teaching section

Manuscritos e relatórios de pesquisa computacionalmente reproduzíveis com R Markdown
R Markdown é uma simples sintaxe de formatação para autoria de documentos HTML, PDF e MS Word que consegue integrar texto e código de diferentes linguagens como R e Python, possibilitando a manipulação de dados, análise estatística, escrita e visualização num único ambiente.
Dec 30, 2022 R, R Markdown

Accomplish­ments

Heme proteins as biological switches (8H)
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Feb 2018 – Feb 2018
Minicourse taught by Professor Dr. Marie-Alda Gilles-Gonzalez from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, visiting researcher at UFC, funded by CAPES.

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